Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-04-20
cARLEToNs "NANoN."
a Delightful PerfOrmance-mr.C 's
Little Speech.

a Delightful PerfOrmance-Mr. C's.
Little speech.
1t needed no advance puff to draw out
big audience at the Theatre, last night,
to witness the performance OF "Nanon
by the Carleton Opera Company, as the
remembrance of the success that the
company scored here in the fall OF 1888
was sufficient guarantee for this. Had
new opera been the bill it is doubt
! full that more than half as many
persons would have been pres
emit, as the remembrance OF
Mondays nights performance woald
have been big drawback, but the public
knew what to expect-they knew the
opera and they knew the artists who
were to handle it, and were therefore
| justified in expecting genuine treat.
| Carleton himself, shows to the very
best advantage in this piece, and he
shows good Judgment in keeping on his
repertoire as the leading opera. The music
and acting are both well suited to his
style, and he seems to know just how to
handle both in the most winning manner.
The part of Nanon, which was done
go admirably before by Miss Vincent,
was, of course, given to Miss Rice, and
although but little could be expected from
that lady's voice, the opera did no. suffer
much bythe change. Miss Vincent sings
the part to perfection, but Miss Rice is
such an ideal Nanon, that her vocal de-
feet can readily be overlooked. She has
the same charming, rollicking::way which
won the hearts of all the boys when she
first appeared here, and nothing more
was expected of her. Greenfelder, Miss
Wisdom and the rest of the company
were up to the mark and the opera went
off with all the smooth vim which first
won for it the high favor of the Salt Lake
public.
The little speech which Mr.. Careton
made at the end of the play was in ques-
tionable taste. If the gentleman was
wronged by the accusations of the morn
ing paper which charged him with fraud,
a card in that sheet, or in all the papers,
would have set the matter right.
But this was not what MIR. Carleton
wanted. His darling "Erminie' had
been adversely criticised and knew that
the only way to make things right was to
work an old plan of his, which he has Of
ten before used so successfully on Salt
Lake audience. No matter what the oc-
casion is, Mr.. Carleton makes it point
to come before the curtain in his pretty
stage clothes and thank the public for their
"warm reception" their generous pat
ronage" and the "fiattering compli
ments" they extended to him. He has
happy way of making an audience
think that he loves each and every one
of them and they in turn say "ain't he
sweet?" and all is smooth sailing. The
scheme worked to perfection last evening
and not only was the audience blinded,
but even the Trombone with the sore
remembrance of that little incident of
1884," looks out through the wool that
Carleton drew over its eyes and practi-
cally apologies. If anyone thinks that
Carleton made his speech for any other
purpose than to counteract the bad im
preston made by "Erminie, a" he is badly
fooled.
Yesterdays DEMOCRAT said nothing
against Mr.. Carleton or his troupe but it
did say, and repeats it now, that "Ermi-
ME" is the thinest thing in the way of
comic opera that has yet been palmed
off on a Salt Lake audience. In his
speech, Mr.. Carleton tried TO make
the audience believe that THE DEMOCRAT
had made insinuations of dishonesty
against him. What we did say was sim
ply this, which we say again, and in
which we are backed by at least two
thirds of Monday nights audience. 1t
will be noticed that it is simply an ex-
preston of the public's idea of the mat
ter:
"The failure of Miss Vincent to appear
was the cause of general regret and great
deal of censure. Carleton claims that she
was obliged to go through to Denver on
account of sickness, but the public would
prefer to think that it had been duped."
That paragraph contained Carleton's
version of the matter, and the public
version of the matter, and because the
latter does not agree with the former, he
gets on his ear and makes one of his soft
little speeches.
THE DEMOCRAT neither said nor in
ferred anything against Mr.. Carleton,
yesterday, but since he presses
the matter let him answer this:
In his overwhelming anxiety to do
justice to his Salt Lake patrons why
didn't Mr.. Carleton announce, in Mon
day evenings papers, the fact of Miss
Vincent's inability to appear?
In the same said o. a. to do the square
thing, why did the gentleman fail to de-
eide that he could not produce "Drum
Majors Daughter" until he discovered
that the public would not stand being
gulled?
1t will be sad news to William to learn
that his soft-soap speech did not work Oh
every one in the audience. If anyone can
prescribe a remedy for this mans
wondrous self-conceit he will do an ever
lasting favor to those who purchased seats
in advance. Npf ced.